Night walkers
At the end of years in the dark
somewhere in the beginning of dry season
i saw tree that was once solely on terrace
waving her branches to seasonal winds
& giving its flowers to keep them going
it was just a night in a year
after thousand nights in years
that she couldn't see breeze
not even from the nostrils of a baby
there, i couldn't see the footprints of their last visit
for they were buried by the rain that followed their steps
& even the grounds were far asleep
before they arrived again
& there, the dried-broken branches
greeted in silence
because they were used to those winds fragrance
About this poem
This poem is about politicians and those who elect them. The tree in this poem represents the citizens and the wind represents politicians who only come when election is around
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Written on September 15, 2022
Submitted by Benyeakeh on September 14, 2022
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 7 |
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